About
The Religion and Diversity Project/Religion et diversité is a 7 year Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) funded Major Collaborative Research Initiative (MCRI), hosted at the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario. This project brings together 36 team members from 24 universities, with Lori G. Beaman, University of Ottawa, as the Project Director on this research initiative.
The aim of this project is to address the following question: What are the contours of religious diversity in Canada and how can we best respond to the opportunities and challenges presented by religious diversity in ways that promote a just and peaceful society?
This website serves as the public portal for access to research on the topic of Religion and Diversity and it also provides information about The Religion and Diversity Project to team members, the public, policy makers and other engaged scholars. The intention of this site is to provide access to networks of research ongoing on the subject of Religion and Diversity, while also disseminating and announcing The Religion and Diversity Project’s team events and news. Please click here to visit the Religion and Diversity Project description and website section for more information about this initiative.
What's New:
God(s): A User's Guide - Explore and Discuss – Lecture Series
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The Religion and Diversity Project is extremely pleased to have partenered with the Canadian Museum of Civilization to present the Explore and Discuss panel discussion series. The fourth and last panel discussion took place on April 5, 2012 and concluded the series on a succesful note. If you missed any of the panel discussions, you can watch them now. If you have not done so already, we encourage you to visit the God(s): A User’s Guide exhibition – at the Museum of Civilization until September 3, 2012.
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International Studies in Religion and Society
Edited by Lori G. Beaman and Peter Beyer, University of Ottawa
Click here and find out more about the Brill series, International Studies in Religion and Society (ISRS), and how to submit book proposals.
Call for Chapter Submissions
“Globalized Religion and Sexuality: Policies, Voices and Contexts”
Click here to find out how you can submit chapter proposals for this volume.
Étudiants de 2e et 3e cycle - soumettez-nous vos articles! /
Graduate Students - We are looking for your papers!
Le projet Religion et diversité est fier d’annoncer le lancement d’une revue électronique pour les étudiants de 2e et 3e cycle intitulée : Réguler le religieux! Cliquez ici pour avoir plus de détails.
The Religion and Diversity Project is launching an exciting new initiative – a graduate student E-Journal entitled: Regulating Religion! Click here for more details.
Tisser des liens: Lunchez et apprenez / Building Bridges: Lunch and Learn
Join us, and the two guest speakers Mia Lövheim and Prema Kurien, on March 30, 2012 for our next lecture: Building International Bridges. Click here for more information. Soyez des nôtres!
On April 5, 2012 do not miss the lecture by Phillip Connor - Bridge and Barrier: Religion and Immigrant Integration in Transatlantic Comparison. Click here for more information. Soyez-y!
Team Members News and Congratulations!
Colloque 'Les migrations des croyants/croyantes et des croyances: entre inculturation et acculturation' (8 et 9 mai 2012) organisé par Patrice Brodeur, Samia Amor et Denitsa Tsvetkova, avec la collaboration de Daniel Proulx et Solange Lefebvre (entre autres), un succès! Accédez au programme ici.
Félicitation à Solange Lefebvre! Son projet intitulé « Diversité culturelle et religieuse dans quatre contextes nationaux : étude comparée de la dynamique identitaire et de la régulation de la religion », a été financé par le Conseil de recherche en sciences humaines du Canada (CRSH), de 2012 à 2017.
Congratulations to Kim Knott (PI) and Lori Beaman (Co-I). The project "Religion, discourse and diversity: UK/Canada collaboration" receives funding from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).
Le 5 avril dernier, Patrice Brodeur a été l'invité d'Isabelle Brisebois à l'émission le Monde selon Mathieu. Écoutez l'entrevue!
Nacira Guénif-Souilamas est l'invitée à 'Room for Debate' (22 mars 2012). Lisez son article!
Le 15 mars dernier, Donald Boisvert a été l'invité d'Isabelle Brisebois à l'émission le Monde selon Mathieu. Écoutez l'entrevue dès maintenant!
Congratulations to Pascale Fournier for the publication of two new articles: , "Calculating Claims: Jewish and Muslim Women Navigating Religion, Economics and Law in Canada" and "Secular Rights and Religious Wrongs? Family Law, Religion and Women in Israel".
Talk by William Hoverd (DFAIT Postdoctoral Fellow): “Pakeha, Maori and the Challenge of Religious Diversity to New Zealand Biculturalism” to be held at Nipissing University on March 9, 2012.
Congratulations to team member Donald Boisvert on the publication of Queer Religion! Check out his upcoming talk at St James Literary Society on May 1, 2012 at McGill University Faculty Club.
Félicitations à une de nos membres d’équipe Pascale Fournier qui devient titulaire de la Chaire de recherche sur le pluralisme juridique à l’Université d’Ottawa!
In January 2012 the Religion and Diversity Project took part in the Ontario Human Rights Commission Policy Dialogue: Creed, Freedom of Religion and Human Rights.
Daniel Boyarin presented the paper “Nominalist ‘Judaism’ and the Late-Ancient Invention of Religion” as part of the Critical Thinkers Speakers series. Check out our events page to find out more!
Team member James Beckford presented the paper “Religious freedom, religious diversity, and prisons”, as part of the Critical Thinkers Speakers. Check out our events page to find out more!
Distinguished Visiting Researcher Andrew Kam-Tuck Yip presented the paper “Meanings and Connections: A Multi-faith Exploration of Young Religious Believers” at the University of Ottawa on November 10, 2011. Click here to see pictures from the event.
Félicitations à Pascale Fournier qui a reçu le « Prix du Recteur de l’Université d’Ottawa pour l’excellence en relations médiatiques » Pour de plus amples informations cliquez ici.
Gérard Bouchard presented the paper “Interculturalism and the Management of Ethno-Cultural Diversity in Québec” as part of the Critical Thinkers Speakers. Check out our events page to find out more!
Congratulations to team member Rukhsana Ahmed who has received a SSHRC Partnership development grant for a project titled Ottawa Multicultural Media Initiative.
Congratulations to team member William Closson James on the publication of his new book God's Plenty: Religious Diversity in Kingston (McGill-Queen’s Press). Click here for more information.
Team member Winnifred Sullivan has edited a new book with co-editors Robert A. Yelle and Mateo Taussig-Rubbo titled After Secular Law. Click here for more information.
Team Member Pamela Klassen has written a new book titled Spirits of Protestantism: Medicine, Healing, and Liberal Christianity (University of California Press). Click here for more information.
Team Member Winnifred Sullivan participated in the “Politics of Religious Freedom: Contested Norms and Local Practices” workshop in Venice in July. Click here for more information.
Congratulations to the team members whose research projects have been awarded grants. For more information on the exciting research ventures click here!
Our next Religion and Diversity Project team meeting will take place September 5-7, 2012 at St. John’s College in Cambridge UK and will coincide with the Religion and Society Programme’s conference.
Please visit the SSHRC/CRSH website for further information about the MCRI program and other SSHRC funded opportunities.
